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A review by linneamo
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
3.0
genre: realistic
summary: cover the course of a school year for a fifth grade class with their new teacher, Mr. Terupt. Each chapter switches off telling the story from a different student's POV (there are 7 of them and it switches between them). Throughout the year their teachers lessons, decisions, and advice help these students become better friends and better people. The students deal with a number off issues (being a child of a teen mom, divorce, death of a sibling, disability, religion, popularity, peer pressure, guilt).
notes:
for kids who like: Touch Blue/Cynthia Lord, Out of My Mind, Wonder
age group: age 10+
my review: The kids at my library loves this book!! (and it's sequels, Mr. Terupt Falls Again & Saving Mr. Terupt) It is always out. I had to grab it when someone checked it in just to read it. I liked, Buyea's voice is very authentic and you can tell that he was a teacher and that he loves kids.
In my opinion, Terupt is no John Keating (dead poet's society) but I was still entertained by his lessons/approach. I really like the $1.00 word challenge.
I think the kids have been attracted to this book because of the way the story is told and it would be something I recommended to a kid who read Wonder or vice-versa
summary: cover the course of a school year for a fifth grade class with their new teacher, Mr. Terupt. Each chapter switches off telling the story from a different student's POV (there are 7 of them and it switches between them). Throughout the year their teachers lessons, decisions, and advice help these students become better friends and better people. The students deal with a number off issues (being a child of a teen mom, divorce, death of a sibling, disability, religion, popularity, peer pressure, guilt).
notes:
for kids who like: Touch Blue/Cynthia Lord, Out of My Mind, Wonder
age group: age 10+
my review: The kids at my library loves this book!! (and it's sequels, Mr. Terupt Falls Again & Saving Mr. Terupt) It is always out. I had to grab it when someone checked it in just to read it. I liked, Buyea's voice is very authentic and you can tell that he was a teacher and that he loves kids.
In my opinion, Terupt is no John Keating (dead poet's society) but I was still entertained by his lessons/approach. I really like the $1.00 word challenge.
I think the kids have been attracted to this book because of the way the story is told and it would be something I recommended to a kid who read Wonder or vice-versa